Dow Today: Walt Disney (DIS) Leads The Day Higher, Intel (INTC) Lags

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) is trading down 45 points (-0.3%) at 12,817 as of Monday, Feb 6, 2012, 9:40 a.m. ET. During this time, 42.7 million shares of the 30 Dow components have changed hands vs. an average daily trading volume of 818.6 million. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 571 issues advancing vs. 2,005 declining with 153 unchanged.

The Dow component leading the way higher looks to be Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS), which is sporting a 28-cent gain (+0.7%) bringing the stock to $40.28. Volume for Walt Disney currently sits at 1.1 million shares traded vs. an average daily trading volume of 11.5 million shares.

Walt Disney has a market cap of $70.25 billion and is part of the services sector and media industry. Shares are up 6.7% year to date as of Friday's close. The stock's dividend yield sits at 1.5%.

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an entertainment company worldwide. The company has a P/E ratio of 15.4, below the average media industry P/E ratio of 15.6 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

TheStreet Ratings rates Walt Disney as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income, revenue growth, attractive valuation levels and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow.

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Holding back the Dow today is Intel (Nasdaq:INTC), which is lagging the broader Dow index with a 34-cent decline (-1.3%) bringing the stock to $26.40. This single loss is lowering the Dow Jones Industrial Average by 2.57 points or roughly accounting for 5.7% of the Dow's overall loss. Volume for Intel currently sits at 3.5 million shares traded vs. an average daily trading volume of 51.9 million shares.

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Intel has a market cap of $136.95 billion and is part of the technology sector and electronics industry. Shares are up 10.3% year to date as of Friday's close. The stock's dividend yield sits at 3.2%.

Intel Corporation engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of integrated circuits for computing and communications industries worldwide. The company has a P/E ratio of 10.5, below the average electronics industry P/E ratio of 11.3 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

TheStreet Ratings rates Intel as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, notable return on equity, solid stock price performance and growth in earnings per share. Although no company is perfect, currently we do not see any significant weaknesses which are likely to detract from the generally positive outlook.

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